Chapter 35: The Hidden Mystery
The next day, Cai Wu'er and the others still entered the palace early. Green Hui was left alone in the wing room, feeling idle and panicked. After coming to Cai's Mansion for several days, she either entered the palace or stayed in the room, and she didn't even take a good look at the "Bixiang Pavilion".
Suddenly, she remembered Cai Wu'er's study, and thought that it would be good to find a few idle books to pass the time. It's just that I don't know if the idlers can get in.
The study and Cai Wu'er's boudoir are both built on the east side of the "Bixiang Pavilion", while the other guests' wings are on the west side. Green Hui found that many mansions here arrange rooms in this way, I don't know if it is related to the distinction between ancient things and inferiority.
When she arrived at the study, she was a little surprised to find that the door was hidden. In ancient times, the study room was generally a secret hiding place, and even if there were no secrets, it was a relatively noble place, and idle people were not allowed to enter. This Cai Wu'er is too taboo!
However, Lu Hui thought that she came on the first day, and Cai Wu'er led her to the study, so it was not surprising. Perhaps, the girl's study is just the nature of passing the time, and there is no need to hide it.
Green Hui gently pushed the door open, and when he entered, he kept the door open as before, and it was quiet all around, and no one should be outside.
This is the second time that Green Hui has entered this study, and the last time I came, due to Cai Wu'er's presence and my new arrival, I didn't take a closer look. Only then did I find that this study room was very elegantly furnished!
I saw that the walls of the study were covered with poetic couplets, and there was a long window embedded in each of the east and west walls, so that even if the door was hidden in the room, the light would not be too dark. On the skirt of the east wall, a mahogany piano table stands against the wall, on which is a guqin. On the west side of the wall are two large bookshelves standing side by side, filled with literary and historical classics and some small ornaments.
The most eye-catching thing in the whole study is the blue gauze cabinet in the center of the room, which divides the whole study into two parts, behind the gauze cabinet is a mahogany rattan chaise longue, the back wall hangs rosewood inlaid porcelain plate hanging screen, the study bedroom is two in one, and it will really be enjoyed! In front of the yarn cabinet is a desk, on which there is a complete set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Lu Hui touched the rows of books that exuded a faint scent of books, and she couldn't put it down in love with this study! If you can come here every day to edify, no matter how impetuous your heart is, it will be calmed!
Fingers swiped over the densely arranged books, and finally stopped in front of a thick book - "Chongye History: The Western Chapter", Lu Hui looked at the side, and sure enough, next to this book were another Dongli chapter, Nanzhu chapter, Beiyi chapter, Yu Liang chapter, five history books were tightly stacked together.
She really wants to learn about the history of these five great families and five schools, just right!
The face of surprise in the green Hui greedily wanted to move the five books out together, and with a sudden force, the books were torn out, but those books were originally stacked next to each other, and the position of the five books suddenly vacated, and the books next to them fell to the position where the five history books were placed without support, and the "snap" sounded, perhaps because the momentum of the book was too great, and the wooden board in that place actually sank down, revealing a dark grid, and a chessboard was placed under the dark grid, and the chessboard was still fighting red and green chess pieces.
It's a chess game!
Does a chessboard need to be placed in a dark compartment? It's so suspicious! Is there some mystery in it?
Lu Hui looked at the chess game seriously, and now the two sides were in a state of standoff, and no one could have the upper hand. At this time, the green willow eyebrows are tightly locked, why does this red man's chess path look so familiar? By the way, Tang Apiao likes to use this coherent chess path of retreating and advancing step by step, he once told her that this is the usual chess path used by their Yu Liang's chess masters, but he has only learned some scratches and has not yet mastered the essence of it.
Seeing this chess game, Lu Hui's heart began to itch a little, as if he had returned to the scene when he played against Ah Piao. Ah Piao likes to retreat as advance, and she likes to aggressively attack with a lore, and almost every time Ah Piao ends in failure!
Looking at this situation now, it should be Midoriko's turn. Because the two sides are in a stalemate stage, Midoriko can have countless different moves, but Midori can't help but use his own chess path to move. Green Hui wanted to gently pick up the chess pieces and put them in the other position she thought of as usual, but who knew that the chess pieces were like being attracted to the chessboard by a magnet and couldn't pick them up. It seems that this chessboard has been carefully designed.
She was more curious this time, since she couldn't pick it up, she tried to stick to the chessboard and slowly move to the position she wanted, the chess pieces were settled, and there was no movement around, and then Green Hui moved a red piece according to Ah Piao's chess path, still no movement, Green Hui took another step, and as soon as the green chess pieces settled, Green Hui heard a dark sound of "boom". Following the prestige, it was a one-person-wide dark passage cracked on the wall behind one of the hanging screens behind the blue gauze cabinet!
It turns out that there is a lot of money in this study, and this chessboard is a switch! This is really a mistake, if she didn't take those moves, what would be the consequences? Will there be an alarm? It seems that it was really dangerous just now, and this mechanism is too mysterious!
Since there is a secret passage, let's go in and see what is going on! This Cai Wu'er is really not simple.
Green Hui found a candlestick in the study, then walked into the secret passage, and used the switch in the secret passage to close the door of the dark passage. After walking about ten steps, Lu Hui walked down the stone steps at the end of the dark passage, followed by a road about ten meters long. After reaching the end, the field of vision finally widened, this is a secret room of about 30 square meters, the furnishings are the same as ordinary study. On the walls around the chamber were several stacks of platforms that had risen out, on which were lit butter lamps, and the ceiling was inlaid with a huge pearl of the night, which illuminated the whole chamber.
Lu Hui walked to the bookcase in the center of the secret room, the things on the desk were a little messy, it seems that the person is usually quite casual here!
She casually picked up the thick book that was upside down on the desk, and a few big characters on the cover immediately came into view - Chongye Dynasty Academic Chronicle!
Green Hui was stunned for a moment, what is going on? Wasn't this academic chronicle kept in the Guozi Prison and guarded by a special person? How did it end up here?
A single piece of information about this academic chronicle was learned from Lu Yan's mouth. This general catalogue is a priceless treasure for the entire Chongye Dynasty, which records the achievements of academic research of various schools for more than 100 years, and has been listed as a national treasure, and is not allowed to be borrowed.
So what's going on with this general book? Could it be that Cai Ye stole it back? However, there is no news of the theft outside, and the disappearance of a national heirloom does not cause an uproar. Don't?
There is only one possibility, this summary is fake!
Green Hui flipped through the general catalogue casually, but was surprised to find that although each page was filled with content, many of them were exaggerations that had nothing to do with academic research, and some of them mentioned academic research when I looked carefully.
Although the Green Hui has not read the real general record, how can a dossier that is treasured by the entire dynasty be such inverted and uninteresting content?
Sure enough, this is a forged general record, and Green Hui is already very sure of it. But why did he do that?
Lu Hui suddenly remembered the tragedy of the Danqing Palace, the reason why the Zhuang family was sentenced to death was because they found the chronicle. If the book in the hand of Green Hui is fake, then it is very likely that the book that was found in Danqing Palace is this fake general record.
Could it be that Cai Ye did not hesitate to spend time and energy to forge a fake chronicle in order to blame Qin Miaocuo and others?
Green Hui quickly disproved this conjecture. If you want to blame Danqing Palace, you only need to steal the real general record and then blame them, why bother to make a fake general record, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others.
There can only be something else. So what is the truth?
If the general record found in Danqing Palace is this fake general record, Green Hui just wants to sigh that Qin Miaocuo and the others died too unjustly! It's bad enough to be blamed, but it's still a forged general record, but the people present believe it.
What an oolong looming tragedy this is.
The blame can only be blamed on one qiē, which is too much of a coincidence. At that time, the real general record was indeed gone, and Danqing Palace was searched out of a general record, who would have thought that someone would forge such a fake general record so well-intentioned to frame them? Besides, they haven't seen what the real general record looks like, and the content of this fake general record is specious, and no one can tell whether it is true or false! So, the case was closed in a daze.
In short, the case was filed and closed quickly, and it was so hasty that people decided before they could figure out the ins and outs of the matter.
Such a sloppy act is simply an indirect sloppy disregard for human life!
The above qiē is just a guess on the part of the Green Club. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the general record found in Danqing Palace is indeed a real general record, as for whether it was manipulated by Cai Ye, we must continue to investigate.
It's just that in the heart of Green Hui, Cai Ye can't escape the involvement.
The lives lost are irretrievable, and what Green Hui can do now is to avenge their grievances, and this is also the only way to keep her own life, otherwise she will not be able to break free from the status of a death row prisoner for the rest of her life.
If it is the first possibility, how can we prove that this forged general record is the one that Cai Ye and others searched for in Danqing Palace? And should she take this fake record with her? If you don't take it away, what if Cai Ye suddenly wants to destroy the corpse? But how can you prove that Cai Ye faked and wanted to blame them? Because as soon as Cai Ye finds out that the general record is missing, it will definitely cause an uproar, even if she hands the general record to the emperor, it is useless, there is no evidence to say that it is Cai Ye's, and when the case is overturned, it will startle the snake.
After thinking about it, Green House decided not to take it away. She could only bet now that he hadn't found out that she had entered the secret room, so he shouldn't have suddenly had such an idea, because he had kept it all the time and didn't directly destroy it. As for the reason, Green Hui can't figure it out for the time being.
Also, where did the real general record go at that time? Could it really be that Cai Ye stole it, but why didn't he just use the real general record to blame Danqing Palace, and chose to use a fake one? What's the conspiracy in this? Or, the general record was not stolen by Cai Ye at all, he just happened to take advantage of the golden opportunity of the theft of the general record to frame Danqing Palace and others?
As for the second possibility, how can it be proved that it was Cai Ye's planting?
Countless questions suddenly popped up in Luhui's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out. Moreover, the above qiē is just her guess. This matter will continue to be investigated. She now hoped that the first possibility was the first, because at least there were traces to follow, and for the second possibility, she had no clue at all.
Overall, it's still worth rejoicing, things are finally no longer at a loss, and this forged summary can be said to be a heavy discovery.
In any case, Green Hui decided to go to Guozijian, because the general record is placed in Guozijian, and you may be able to find a trace in it. Besides, what is going on with the true and false records, she must find out.
There are many unreasonable things in this case, and it stands to reason that the case cannot be concluded so hastily, but Cai Ye didn't even give them a chance to defend themselves, and on the surface, it seemed that the evidence was conclusive and reasonable, and in the end, Danqinggong and others could only be wronged.
It seems that this is the base of Cai Ye's dark deeds! This old fox is really too cunning, he didn't set up the secret room in his "Fengye Pavilion", but set it in Cai Wuer's "Bixiang Pavilion", which is really well-intentioned! Who would have thought that he would put his personal secret in a place where someone other than himself lives, or in a girl's study! It's a shame that she has always wanted to "Fengye Pavilion" to find out.
Thinking about it like this, Cai Ye really trusts Cai Wu'er, and it is impossible for Cai Wu'er not to know about this secret room.
She knew that Cai Ye's secret was hidden here, but she did not shy away from taking Lu Hui into the study, and she usually hid the door when she went out, and she did not take "special care" of the study at all.
Maybe she wants to be a fiction and a reality, and a reality. The more secretive she is, the more suspicious it will be, so she simply treats it like a normal study, and she is very confident that if someone doesn't tell the secret or stumble by mistake, it will be difficult for ordinary people to find this secret room, and there is also a checkerboard switch!
It can be seen that the methods of the city government are deep and self-confident.
These two fathers and daughters are really fox-like minds, wolf-like means, and dog-like lungs! Dozens of lives were just strangled by them!
Green Hui thought hatefully.